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US warship docks in Trinidad and Tobago, puts more pressure on Venezuela

Read full article: US warship docks in Trinidad and Tobago, puts more pressure on Venezuela

A U.S. warship has docked in Trinidad and Tobago's capital as the Trump administration increases military pressure on Venezuela and its President Nicolรกs Maduro.

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4 hours ago

Ireland's president elect is a left-wing, anti-establishment figure who is outspoken on Gaza

Read full article: Ireland's president elect is a left-wing, anti-establishment figure who is outspoken on Gaza

Catherine Connolly, a left-wing independent, has been elected as Ireland's president.

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7 hours ago

Hamas expands search for the remains of hostages in Gaza

Read full article: Hamas expands search for the remains of hostages in Gaza

Hamas says it is expanding its search for the remains of hostages still left in Gaza.

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8 hours ago

Main wreckage of cargo plane recovered from Hong Kong waters after deadly crash

Read full article: Main wreckage of cargo plane recovered from Hong Kong waters after deadly crash

The main wreckage of a cargo plane that veered off a Hong Kong runway and plunged into the sea has been recovered.

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9 hours ago

Russia has tested a new nuclear-capable missile, Putin and top general say

Read full article: Russia has tested a new nuclear-capable missile, Putin and top general say

Russia has tested a new nuclear-capable cruise missile, moving closer to deploying it, according to President Vladimir Putin.

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9 hours ago

Suspects arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris' Louvre museum

Read full article: Suspects arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris' Louvre museum

Authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Parisโ€™ Louvre museum.

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10 hours ago

Trump says he will solve Afghanistan-Pakistan crisis 'very quickly' as peace talks enter second day

Read full article: Trump says he will solve Afghanistan-Pakistan crisis 'very quickly' as peace talks enter second day

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will solve the crisis between Afghanistan and Pakistan โ€˜very quickly.

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11 hours ago

Kurdish rebel group PKK says it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq

Read full article: Kurdish rebel group PKK says it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq

A militant Kurdish group has announced its withdrawal from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with Turkey.

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11 hours ago

Russia targets Kyiv with drones, killing 3 and wounding 29

Read full article: Russia targets Kyiv with drones, killing 3 and wounding 29

Russia has targeted Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, with drones, killing three people in their homes, according to authorities on Sunday.

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13 hours ago

The Louvre theft could make France's stolen crown jewels as famous as the Mona Lisa

Read full article: The Louvre theft could make France's stolen crown jewels as famous as the Mona Lisa

A week after thieves stormed the Louvre and ripped eight priceless pieces from Franceโ€™s crown jewels, the country is nursing a deep cultural wound โ€” even as Paris authorities on Sunday announced arrests tied to the haul.

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14 hours ago

Argentina votes in midterm elections set to test President Milei's mandate and US support

Read full article: Argentina votes in midterm elections set to test President Milei's mandate and US support

Argentines will be heading to the polls in high-stakes midterm elections that could help shape libertarian President Javier Mileiโ€™s political path โ€” and the future of U.S. financial support for his government.

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14 hours ago

Melissa strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti

Read full article: Melissa strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean.

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18 hours ago

East Timor joins ASEAN in bloc's first expansion since the 1990s

Read full article: East Timor joins ASEAN in bloc's first expansion since the 1990s

East Timor has been formally admitted into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the groupโ€™s first expansion since the 1990s.

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19 hours ago

Rubio says mediators of Gaza ceasefire shared information to uncover a recent threat

Read full article: Rubio says mediators of Gaza ceasefire shared information to uncover a recent threat

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Israel, the U.S. and the other mediators of the Gaza ceasefire deal are sharing information to disrupt any threats and that allowed them to identify a possible impending attack last weekend.

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22 hours ago

Trump threatens Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner

Read full article: Trump threatens Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner

President Donald Trump says he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario.

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22 hours ago

US and China say a trade deal is drawing closer as Trump and Xi ready for a high-stakes meeting

Read full article: US and China say a trade deal is drawing closer as Trump and Xi ready for a high-stakes meeting

U.S. and Chinese officials say a trade deal between the worldโ€™s two largest economies is drawing closer.

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1 day ago

Venezuela's Maduro says the US is fabricating a war, seeks to revoke citizenship of opponent Lรณpez

Read full article: Venezuela's Maduro says the US is fabricating a war, seeks to revoke citizenship of opponent Lรณpez

Venezuelaโ€™s President Nicolรกs Maduro says the U.S. is forging a war against him as the worldโ€™s biggest warship approaches the South American country, while moving to revoke the citizenship of an opponent who he accuses of egging on an invasion.

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1 day ago

Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos buried in a state funeral

Read full article: Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos buried in a state funeral

Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos was buried Saturday in Athensโ€™ First Cemetery.

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1 day ago

A bomb in Gaza's rubble wounds twins who thought it was a toy

Read full article: A bomb in Gaza's rubble wounds twins who thought it was a toy

Six-year-old twins in Gaza City were playing outside when they saw a round object and thought it was a toy.

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1 day ago

Left-leaning independent Connolly wins Irish presidential election

Read full article: Left-leaning independent Connolly wins Irish presidential election

Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly, who secured the backing of Irelandโ€™s left-leaning parties including Sinn Fรฉin, has won the countryโ€™s presidential election in a landslide victory against her center-right rival.

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1 day ago

American cardinal celebrates old Latin Mass in St. Peter's in a sign of change

Read full article: American cardinal celebrates old Latin Mass in St. Peter's in a sign of change

A top American cardinal has celebrated a traditional Latin Mass in St. Peterโ€™s Basilica with the explicit permission of Pope Leo XIV.

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1 day ago

Russian missile and drone attacks kill 4 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy pleads for air defense

Read full article: Russian missile and drone attacks kill 4 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy pleads for air defense

Officials say Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday have killed at least four people and wounded 20.

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1 day ago

Ivory Coast votes as Ouattara seeks a fourth term with key rivals sidelined

Read full article: Ivory Coast votes as Ouattara seeks a fourth term with key rivals sidelined

Voters in Ivory Coast have cast their ballots to elect a new leader as President Alassane Ouattara seeks a fourth term.

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1 day ago

Grandmothers in Colombia get the quinceaรฑera they never had

Read full article: Grandmothers in Colombia get the quinceaรฑera they never had

At age 72, Rosalba Casas finally celebrated her 15th birthday, donning a flowing pink dress and a tiara for the quinceaรฑera she dreamed of as a teenager.

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1 day ago

Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it

Read full article: Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it

Russia has grappled with a shrinking and aging population for decades, with President Vladimir Putin viewing it as a threat to national security.

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1 day ago

Melissa grows into Category 3 hurricane while unleashing torrential rain in the north Caribbean

Read full article: Melissa grows into Category 3 hurricane while unleashing torrential rain in the north Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica.

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1 day ago

Europe fights to avoid being sidelined by Trumpโ€™s world-shaping plans

Read full article: Europe fights to avoid being sidelined by Trumpโ€™s world-shaping plans

Donald Trump has seized a central role on the global stage, leaving European allies on the sidelines.

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1 day ago

China's rare golden monkeys debut at European zoos, a possible successor to 'panda diplomacy'

Read full article: China's rare golden monkeys debut at European zoos, a possible successor to 'panda diplomacy'

China's endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys have joined pandas as diplomatic envoys to Europe.

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1 day ago

Japan's new leader faces diplomatic gauntlet with Trump, China and regional summits

Read full article: Japan's new leader faces diplomatic gauntlet with Trump, China and regional summits

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces significant foreign policy challenges just days after taking office.

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1 day ago

Malaysia warns ASEAN neutrality eroding as global powers compete

Read full article: Malaysia warns ASEAN neutrality eroding as global powers compete

Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan has warned Southeast Asian counterparts that neutrality is shrinking due to big power rivalry.

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1 day ago

Trump travels to Asia and a meeting with China's Xi as the US government shutdown drags on

Read full article: Trump travels to Asia and a meeting with China's Xi as the US government shutdown drags on

President Donald Trump is heading to Asia for his first trip since taking office in January.

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1 day ago

Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit has died at age 93

Read full article: Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit has died at age 93

Thailandโ€™s Queen Mother Sirikit, who supervised royal projects to help the rural poor, preserve traditional craft-making and protect the environment, has died.

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1 day ago

Reagan Foundation becomes the latest US institution drawn into Donald Trump's controversies

Read full article: Reagan Foundation becomes the latest US institution drawn into Donald Trump's controversies

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is drawing blowback and praise for arguing that a Canadian government advertisement playing in U.S. markets misrepresented the 40th presidentโ€™s words to blast President Donald Trumpโ€™s tariff policies.

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1 day ago

The CEO of the Alamo's historic site has resigned after a top Texas Republican criticized her

Read full article: The CEO of the Alamo's historic site has resigned after a top Texas Republican criticized her

The CEO of the nonprofit managing the Alamo has resigned after a powerful Republican state official criticized her and suggested she has views that are not compatible with the Texas shrine's history.

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1 day ago

Houthi rebels detain 2 more UN staffers in Yemen as the world body reevaluates its operations

Read full article: Houthi rebels detain 2 more UN staffers in Yemen as the world body reevaluates its operations

The Houthi rebels have detained two additional United Nations staff members and raided the homes of several others in Yemen over the last 48 hours.

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2 days ago

US imposes sanctions on Colombiaโ€™s president and family members over drug trade allegations

Read full article: US imposes sanctions on Colombiaโ€™s president and family members over drug trade allegations

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, his family, and a government member over drug trade allegations.

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2 days ago

Afghanistan and Pakistan head to Turkey for second round of crisis talks

Read full article: Afghanistan and Pakistan head to Turkey for second round of crisis talks

Officials in Afghanistan and Pakistan say delegations are going to Turkey for a second round of crisis talks.

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2 days ago

Inspector Clouseau? The mystery man in an AP photo after the Louvre jewel heist creates a buzz

Read full article: Inspector Clouseau? The mystery man in an AP photo after the Louvre jewel heist creates a buzz

A photo taken by an Associated Press photographer after the brazen daylight robbery at Paris' Louvre Museum is generating an online buzz.

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2 days ago

Picasso portrait of muse Dora Maar in vivid hat, long hidden from view, sells for 32 million euros

Read full article: Picasso portrait of muse Dora Maar in vivid hat, long hidden from view, sells for 32 million euros

A long-hidden Picasso portrait of muse Dora Maar has sold for 32 million euros at an auction in Paris.

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2 days ago

Men sentenced over London arson attack masterminded by Russia as part of a wider sabotage campaign

Read full article: Men sentenced over London arson attack masterminded by Russia as part of a wider sabotage campaign

A British judge has sentenced five men for their roles in an arson attack in London that authorities say was masterminded by Russian intelligence as part of a wider campaign of sabotage and disruption.

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2 days ago

Ontario premier says he'll pull ad that upset Trump so trade talks between Canada and US can resume

Read full article: Ontario premier says he'll pull ad that upset Trump so trade talks between Canada and US can resume

The leader of Canadaโ€™s most populous province says heโ€™ll pull the anti-tariff ad that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to end trade talks with Canada.

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2 days ago

US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military firepower

Read full article: US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military firepower

The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America in the latest escalation of military firepower to a region.

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2 days ago

Rubio tours US-led center in Israel overseeing the ceasefire in Gaza

Read full article: Rubio tours US-led center in Israel overseeing the ceasefire in Gaza

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has toured a U.S.-led coordination center in southern Israel.

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2 days ago

The Latest: Trump to meet with Asian leaders

Read full article: The Latest: Trump to meet with Asian leaders

President Donald Trump is going to Asia and will meet face to face with the leaders of Malaysia, Japan, South Korea and China.

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2 days ago

Roadside bombing kills 3 police officers in northwest Pakistan

Read full article: Roadside bombing kills 3 police officers in northwest Pakistan

Police in Pakistan say that three police officers have been killed when a powerful roadside bomb struck a police vehicle in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the countryโ€™s northwest.

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2 days ago

EU accuses Meta and TikTok of breaching transparency rules

Read full article: EU accuses Meta and TikTok of breaching transparency rules

The European Union says Meta and TikTok have breached transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act.

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2 days ago

Turkey in talks with Qatar and Oman to buy used Eurofighter jets, Erdogan says

Read full article: Turkey in talks with Qatar and Oman to buy used Eurofighter jets, Erdogan says

Turkey is negotiating with Qatar and Oman to acquire used Eurofighter Typhoon jets to boost its air force capabilities.

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2 days ago

How a German freight lift became an unexpected social media star in the Louvre heist

Read full article: How a German freight lift became an unexpected social media star in the Louvre heist

The Louvre Museum heist was a classic case of German efficiency.

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2 days ago

Tanzania's first female president has defied early hopes that she would ease repression

Read full article: Tanzania's first female president has defied early hopes that she would ease repression

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who rose from the vice presidency to become the countryโ€™s first female leader in 2021, is seeking her first elected term in office in a vote set for Oct. 29.

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2 days ago

Turkish court dismisses case challenging main opposition party's congress

Read full article: Turkish court dismisses case challenging main opposition party's congress

A Turkish court has dismissed a case challenging the legitimacy of the main opposition party's 2023 internal election.

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2 days ago

Ukraineโ€™s Zelenskyy urges US to broaden Russian oil sanctions and seeks long-range missiles

Read full article: Ukraineโ€™s Zelenskyy urges US to broaden Russian oil sanctions and seeks long-range missiles

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the United States to expand sanctions on Russiaโ€™s two biggest oil companies to the whole sector.

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2 days ago

Japan's new leader vows to further boost defense spending as regional tensions rise

Read full article: Japan's new leader vows to further boost defense spending as regional tensions rise

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her first major policy speech on Friday, pledged to further accelerate Japanโ€™s military buildup and spending, and an early upgrading of the country's security strategy to allow more offensive roles and arms exports as tensions rise with China, North Korea and Russia.

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2 days ago

Wall Street hits records following an encouraging update on inflation

Read full article: Wall Street hits records following an encouraging update on inflation

Wall Street rose to records after an update said U.S. households are feeling a bit less pain from inflation than feared.

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2 days ago

Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as 4 deaths reported and huge rains expected

Read full article: Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as 4 deaths reported and huge rains expected

Tropical Storm Melissa is nearly stationary in the central Caribbean, with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen and brush past Jamaica as a powerful hurricane.

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2 days ago

Trump ends trade talks with Canada over tariffs ad that Ontario premier now says he'll phase out

Read full article: Trump ends trade talks with Canada over tariffs ad that Ontario premier now says he'll phase out

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says heโ€™s pulling the TV ad that caused President Donald Trump to say he was ending trade negotiations with Canada.

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2 days ago

Trump-Kim meeting speculation flares ahead of US president's visit to South Korea

Read full article: Trump-Kim meeting speculation flares ahead of US president's visit to South Korea

As U.S. President Donald Trump makes his first trip to Asia since his return to office, speculation is rife that he may seek to meet Kim again during his stop in South Korea.

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2 days ago

US military flew supersonic B-1 bombers up to the coast of Venezuela

Read full article: US military flew supersonic B-1 bombers up to the coast of Venezuela

The U.S. military has flown a pair of supersonic, heavy bombers up to the coast of Venezuela.

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2 days ago

In Japan and South Korea, Trump will promote big investments. But the details are still not clear

Read full article: In Japan and South Korea, Trump will promote big investments. But the details are still not clear

President Donald Trump will be in Japan and South Korea next week and he's expected to promote an epic windfall in investments for U.S. factories and projects.

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2 days ago

Intel posts profit even as it struggles to regain market share

Read full article: Intel posts profit even as it struggles to regain market share

Intel posted profits in the latest quarter as the one-time America technology icon struggles to regain market share.

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2 days ago

How Trump and Xi are doing a delicate, sometimes pointed dance in bilateral trade talks

Read full article: How Trump and Xi are doing a delicate, sometimes pointed dance in bilateral trade talks

Tensions between the U.S. and China escalated in the weeks leading to a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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2 days ago

A Florida teenager is in an Israeli prison. Why his family and advocates say he should be released

Read full article: A Florida teenager is in an Israeli prison. Why his family and advocates say he should be released

A Florida family is urging U.S. leaders to help free a 16-year-old Palestinian-American held in an Israeli prison for eight months.

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3 days ago

Backing Israel was considered mandatory for New York politicians. Then came Zohran Mamdani

Read full article: Backing Israel was considered mandatory for New York politicians. Then came Zohran Mamdani

If Zohran Mamdani wins New York Cityโ€™s mayorโ€™s race next month, he would become the cityโ€™s first Muslim mayor and its youngest in a century.

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3 days ago

Lithuanian president says Russian military planes violated the Baltic country's airspace

Read full article: Lithuanian president says Russian military planes violated the Baltic country's airspace

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausฤ—da says Russian military planes violated Lithuaniaโ€™s airspace on Thursday evening.

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3 days ago

International Criminal Court judges reject jurisdiction challenge in Duterte case

Read full article: International Criminal Court judges reject jurisdiction challenge in Duterte case

Judges at the International Criminal Court have rejected a challenge to jurisdiction in the case involving former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

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3 days ago

Microsoft hopes Mico succeeds where Clippy failed as tech companies warily imbue AI with personality

Read full article: Microsoft hopes Mico succeeds where Clippy failed as tech companies warily imbue AI with personality

Remember Clippy.

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3 days ago

Pakistan bans hard-line Islamist party after recent deadly clashes with police

Read full article: Pakistan bans hard-line Islamist party after recent deadly clashes with police

Authorities say Pakistan has banned a radical Islamist party behind recent violent protests that left at least one police officer and four civilians dead.

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3 days ago

Trump mulls asking Israel to free Palestinian leader Barghouti as US looks to Gaza's post-Hamas rule

Read full article: Trump mulls asking Israel to free Palestinian leader Barghouti as US looks to Gaza's post-Hamas rule

President Donald Trump is suggesting he could call on Israel to release imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, the most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader.

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3 days ago

The Latest: Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

Read full article: The Latest: Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao.

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3 days ago

UK police arrest 3 men in London on suspicion of spying for Russia

Read full article: UK police arrest 3 men in London on suspicion of spying for Russia

British counterterrorism police have arrested three men in London on suspicion of spying for Russia.

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3 days ago

Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians attend rival rallies in Budapest as Orbรกn faces election test

Read full article: Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians attend rival rallies in Budapest as Orbรกn faces election test

Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians have filled the streets of Budapest in competing demonstrations.

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3 days ago

EU leaders seek role in Gaza at summit focused on Ukraine and Russia

Read full article: EU leaders seek role in Gaza at summit focused on Ukraine and Russia

European Union leaders are seeking a more active role in Gaza and the occupied West Bank after being sidelined from a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

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3 days ago

China to focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and tech in new economic plan

Read full article: China to focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and tech in new economic plan

China's ruling Communist Party says it will focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and technology in the coming five years.

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3 days ago

King Charles III prays with pope in historic visit, a welcome respite from royal troubles at home

Read full article: King Charles III prays with pope in historic visit, a welcome respite from royal troubles at home

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have visited the Vatican to pray with Pope Leo XIV.

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3 days ago

Putin deplores US sanctions as 'unfriendly' while EU joins in heaping restrictions on Russia

Read full article: Putin deplores US sanctions as 'unfriendly' while EU joins in heaping restrictions on Russia

The European Union has heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trumpโ€™s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry.

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3 days ago

Vance calls Israel's parliament vote on West Bank annexation an 'insult'

Read full article: Vance calls Israel's parliament vote on West Bank annexation an 'insult'

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Israelโ€™s parliament vote on West Bank annexation.

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3 days ago

Belgium calls on EU partners to share risk if they want to use frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine

Read full article: Belgium calls on EU partners to share risk if they want to use frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine

Belgium's prime minister says that his European partners must share the risk of using billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets that are held in his country to help keep Ukraineโ€™s economy and war effort afloat in coming years.

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3 days ago

Wall Street climbs to the cusp of records as oil prices jump

Read full article: Wall Street climbs to the cusp of records as oil prices jump

U.S. stocks rose to the cusp of their records.

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3 days ago

British ex-soldier acquitted of murder in 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre

Read full article: British ex-soldier acquitted of murder in 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre

A former British paratrooper who was the only soldier ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland has been acquitted of murder charges.

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3 days ago

Tropical Storm Melissa lumbers through the Caribbean, killing an elderly man in Haiti

Read full article: Tropical Storm Melissa lumbers through the Caribbean, killing an elderly man in Haiti

Tropical Storm Melissa is lumbering through the Caribbean Sea and bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and the southern part of the island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

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3 days ago

Youth who led Madagascar protests hope coup leader will continue to hear them as president

Read full article: Youth who led Madagascar protests hope coup leader will continue to hear them as president

Last weekโ€™s military coup in Madagascar followed weeks of protests by youth angry about a lack of opportunity, poverty, and regular power and water cutoffs in the sprawling African island nation.

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3 days ago

Milan-Cortina 2026 unveils official posters for Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games

Read full article: Milan-Cortina 2026 unveils official posters for Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games

The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic organizing committee has unveiled two official posters for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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3 days ago

North Korea has stolen billions in cryptocurrency and tech firm salaries, report says

Read full article: North Korea has stolen billions in cryptocurrency and tech firm salaries, report says

North Korean hackers have stolen billions of dollars by breaking into cryptocurrency exchanges and by creating fake identities to get remote jobs for foreign tech firms, a new report finds.

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Reddit sues AI company Perplexity and others for 'industrial-scale' scraping of user comments

Read full article: Reddit sues AI company Perplexity and others for 'industrial-scale' scraping of user comments

Reddit has sued Perplexity AI and three other entities for allegedly scraping user comments for commercial gain.

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A dozen UN international staffers leave Yemen after being released by Houthis

Read full article: A dozen UN international staffers leave Yemen after being released by Houthis

The United Nations says Houthi rebels released a dozen United Nations international staffers and allowed three others to move freely within the U.N. compound after detaining them in the facility in Yemen's capital over the weekend.

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US strikes eighth alleged drug-carrying boat, this time in the Pacific Ocean

Read full article: US strikes eighth alleged drug-carrying boat, this time in the Pacific Ocean

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military has launched its eighth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel.

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IOC recommends no international sporting events in Indonesia after country barred Israeli athletes

Read full article: IOC recommends no international sporting events in Indonesia after country barred Israeli athletes

The International Olympic Committee says it recommends no international sporting events be held in Indonesia after the country barred Israeli athletes from the gymnastics world championships in Jakarta.

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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show is not being reconsidered, NFL commissioner says

Read full article: Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show is not being reconsidered, NFL commissioner says

The NFL is not considering dropping Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime headline performer.

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Druze community in Syria's Idlib province on edge after targeted shooting kills 3

Read full article: Druze community in Syria's Idlib province on edge after targeted shooting kills 3

The Druze minority in Syria's Idlib province is reeling from a targeted shooting that killed three community members.

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Jailed journalists win Sakharov Prize for speaking against injustice, European Parliament says

Read full article: Jailed journalists win Sakharov Prize for speaking against injustice, European Parliament says

The European Unionโ€™s top human rights prize has been awarded to two imprisoned journalists who were honored for their defiance of the authorities in Belarus and Georgia.

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Trump is expected to host Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman next month, AP sources say

Read full article: Trump is expected to host Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman next month, AP sources say

President Donald Trump's administration is preparing for a visit to the United States by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman next month.

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Vance denies the US dictates to Israel as he meets with Netanyahu over Gaza ceasefire

Read full article: Vance denies the US dictates to Israel as he meets with Netanyahu over Gaza ceasefire

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is seeking to ease concerns in Israel that the Trump administration is dictating terms to its closest ally in the Middle East.

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Pandemonium at pop star Rosalรญa's flash mob prompts criticism from Madrid's mayor

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Rosalรญaโ€™s surprise unveiling of the cover her new album has drawn criticism from Madridโ€™s mayor after thousands of fans of the pop star gathered in a flash mob in Spainโ€™s capital on Monday.

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Villarreal blames La Liga for canceled Miami game as Tebas laments missed chance for Spanish soccer

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Villarreal has blamed poor management by the Spanish league for the cancellation of its planned regular-season game against Barcelona in the United States.

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Who's who of French artists in focus as a major private art collection goes on show in Berlin

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A major German private art collection accumulated over four generations is going on large-scale show for the first time in Berlin.

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Google and Apple face extra UK scrutiny over 'strategic' role in mobile platforms

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Britainโ€™s antitrust watchdog has targeted Google and Apple for their โ€œstrategicโ€ roles in mobile ecosystems, opening the door for regulators to impose changes to their business practices to improve competition.

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The Latest: North Carolina lawmakers approve map adding a GOP House seat

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North Carolina lawmakers have given final approval to a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump.

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American e-waste is causing a 'hidden tsunami' in Southeast Asia, watchdog report says

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A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month.

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Putin directs drills of Russian nuclear forces as his summit with Trump is put on hold

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed drills of the countryโ€™s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches.

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This seat taken? Thieves busted for stealing over 1,000 restaurant chairs in Spain

Read full article: This seat taken? Thieves busted for stealing over 1,000 restaurant chairs in Spain

Spanish police have arrested seven people suspected of stealing over 1,100 chairs from outdoor seating areas at restaurants and bars.

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Journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia win EU's top human rights award

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Two journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia have won the European Unionโ€™s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize.

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